I have to say that this picture was my favorite part of the graphic novel and it was made by Bungie, I don't know how closely it should stick in Halo canon-inity. As people love to point out, I Love Bees isn't canon, at least not by Joe Staten. It doesn't break canon, but what I'm trying to say is that one of the characters from Bees, Herzog, is mentioned in this thing.

Personally, I love the idea that Johnson is a Spartan I. I also wish that I Love Bees were canon, however if the community decides to treat I Love Bees as non-canon, this page in the graphic novel should fall under the same rules.